According to new research published by Flashpoint analysts, Hydra marketplace has revealed increasing transaction volumes and a booming cryptocurrency ecosystem. The Russian dark web marketplace, mainly known for its illicit, high-traffic narcotics market, is now conducting illegal sales of stolen credit cards, SIM cards, counterfeit documents, and IDs, as well as covering its own digital…
VMware has rolled out patches to address a critical security vulnerability in vCenter Server that could be leveraged by an adversary to execute arbitrary code on the server. Tracked as CVE-2021-21985 (CVSS score 9.8), the issue stems from a lack of input validation in the Virtual SAN (vSAN) Health Check plug-in, which is enabled by…
An analysis of Bitcoin transactions from the Hydra marketplace show that the operators are locking sellers into Russian exchanges, likely fueling profits for local actors. Sales on a Russian-language Dark Web marketplace known as Hydra have skyrocketed in the past four years—with more than $1.4 billion in transactions in 2020, up from less than $10…
A Survey of Bluetooth Vulnerabilities Trends, (Wed, May 26th) | IT Security News SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green 26. May 2021 This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green As usage of fitness trackers, wireless headsets and smart home devices become increasingly popular in our daily lives, a growing reliance…
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management , Social Media Account Used to Attempt Cryptocurrency Fraud Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • May 25, 2021 (Source: Tom Raftery via Flickr/CC) Carl Pei, co-founder of OnePlus, a smartphone company, said Tuesday that his Twitter account had been compromised via a third-party app called IFTTT and…
Apple has released security updates to patch three macOS and tvOS zero-day vulnerabilities attackers exploited in the wild, with the former being abused by the XCSSET malware to bypass macOS privacy protections. In all three cases, Apple said that it is aware of reports that the security issues “may have been actively exploited,” but it…
В спецификациях Bluetooth Core и Mesh Profile выявили уязвимости, позволяющие злоумышленникам выдавать себя за легитимное устройство при создании пары. За счёт эксплуатации обнаруженных брешей киберпреступники могут запустить атаки вида «Человек посередине» (man-in-the-middle, MitM).
CNA Financial, one of the largest insurance companies in the US, reportedly paid hackers $40 million after a ransomware attack blocked access to the company’s network and stole its data, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Kartikay Mehrotra and William Turton. CNA first announced the hack in late March, stating that it had seen a…
Bose 700 UC Hackers managed to obtain HR data including “compensation-related information” during the March attack Print Print Life Read More: Bose ransomware Bose has confirmed that it had experienced a data breach, having fallen victim to a ransomware attack in early March. The audio equipment manufacturer admitted to the incident in a letter sent…
Bose Disclosed Having a Data Breach | IT Security News 25. May 2021 This article has been indexed from Heimdal Security Blog A data breach notification letter was filed with New Hampshire’s Office of the Attorney General by Bose Corporation in which was stated that the company “experienced a sophisticated cyber-incident that resulted in the…
